(1 of )File - In this Dec. 31, 2011 file photo provided by the San Francisco Zoo, Jill Andrews, Assistant Curator of Primates at the San Francisco Zoo, holds Banana-Sam during his physical examination on upon his safe return to the Zoo after being stolen. Zoo officials said the 2-pound squirrel monkey succumbed to heart disease Thursday at the age of 19. (AP Photo/San Francisco Zoo, File)

San Francisco Zoo's famous monkey dies

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS | November 23, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO — Banana Sam, a monkey who gained fame when he was stolen from the San Francisco Zoo two years ago, has died at the age of 19.